Pile fabric



Feb. 2, 1932. R 1,843,651

FILE FABRIC Filed Nov. 15, 1928 Ne /son S/fer anomtoz Patented Feb. 2 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE NELSON sauna, or waasran, ms'sacrrusmrs mm FABRIC Application filed November 15, 1928. Serial :0. 319,005.

This invention relates to ile fabrics, and v in particular to a class of abrics which is made by afiixing to a cheap base a pile fortning material of higher quality. 5 My invention can be best understood by reference to the appended description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which;

Fig. 1 is a View of the face of a fabric 1 made in accordance with my invention, showing the component parts, and the pile in various stages of completion.

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1..

In practising my invention, I make use of a base 10 of any convenient material. This may be, and usually is, burlap or a cotton cloth fabric, such as duck, etc., but it is to be distinctly understood that I may use any sort of material whatever as the base material. Rubber, leather and other flexible materials, and even glass, wood or metal might, if desired, be used.

On the base material 10, I spread a'relatively thin coat of an adhesive material 12,'

such, for example, as pyrox lin. Other adhesives, such as latex, may e used, but pyroxylin is preferred.

A layer of parallel rows of yarn is then laid upon the adhesive, and allowed to 'become thus firmly cemented to the base fabric.

This yarn may be, and preferably is, dyed to the desired color before its ap lication.

After the adhesive is thoroughlyv dried, a

ventional type of nap-raising mechanism. Different effects may be produced, depending upon the thoroughness with which this napping process is carried out. Thus, at 16, I have shown the fabric with a light nap, but with a considerable portion of the original arn intact. The result is to produce a asic, or underlying stripe effect. Or I may, if desired, completely destroy the parallel appearance of the yarn, by more complete napping, as indicated at 18. The efi'ectihere is erhaps best described as similar to a pelt.

.termediate layer of a layer of continguous parallel threads-0f yarn,

nap may be raised upon the yarn by any conuse yarns of different colors, giving striped efiects. Different types of yarns (such as wool, and silk, etc.) may be employed in combination. Many other simple variations will suggest themselves to an expert in the art, all of which are. to be considered as included in my invention, which is to be limited only by the prior art and the scope of v the a pended claims.

I c aim:

1. Process for preparing a ile fabric comprising cementing parallel t reads of yarn to a base fabric by means of an adhesive, and raising a nap from said yarn.

2. A pile fabric comdplrising a base, an in esive and an upper upon which a nap has been raised.

3. A fabric com IlSlDg a base, an intermediate layer of a hesive and an upper layer composed of parallel contiguous threads of yarn upon which a light nap has been raised so as to produce an'underlying stripe efl'ect surmounted by a nap effect.

4. A fabric comprising a base, an inter- '75 mediate layer of adhesive and an upper lay-' er composed of parallel contiguous threads of yarn upon which a heavy nap has been raised thus completely destroying the parallel appearance of the yarn and producing a so pelt efiect.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 13th dayof November, 1928.

NELSON SLATER;

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